GTM1: Sports Sedan Shootout
It’s 1991, and the team at Glove & Tire, better known as GT Magazine, is gearing up for a year end sports sedan comparison test. GT has been a trusted source of automotive news and reviews for almost 10 years, built on the simple idea that driving should be fun. Now, as a new generation of performance sedans emerges, GT is ready to find out which one delivers the best thrill behind the wheel.
I plan to write an article about the cars and I would like to include all sorts of details, maybe not about your whole company but certainly about the specific model. There’s a lot about a car I can deduce through stats, but not everything. So you might get a couple questions, just to help me understand what the car is about and maybe its history. If you’re not into that you can still enter of course.
Also for lore, this challenge takes place on real earth, not automation world. Except none of the real world manufacturers are present, only you guys.
Rules
General:
This challenge is on the Open Beta version of the game.
Model/Family name: GTM1-(your username)
Model/Family year: free
Trim/Variant name: free
Trim/Variant year: 1991
Techpool: 25m combined
No race part or semi slicks.
Price: ~30k (not hard limit)
Interiors are not required and will not be judged.
Cars must have a US license plates and comply with US regulations.
Memes will be binned. Needs to at least try to be realistic for the era and road legal.
Engine:
Must meet WES 8.
Maximum noise 60
No V16s
Fuel: unleaded regular 91 RON. You can use 95 Premium but it’ll incur a small penalty.
Body:
No legacy bodies.
Wheel base 2.4 - 3m as rounded by Automation.
Must have 5 full seats (2 front, 3 rear)
Must have radial tires, with size ending in 5 (185, 205, 225 etc)
Must be a sedan and have 4 or 5 doors. (Just has to look like a sedan even if the game calls it something else. Ask if unsure)
Minimum Safety: 30
No legacy bodies.
Scoring
This challenge will have 3 winners:
Most Charming: A largely subjective criteria based on design and engineering choices over execution.
Most Fun: The most sporty of the sports sedans. Raw stats like 0-60 and skid pad Gs along with fun and feel are most important here.
GT recommends: This is the overall best car according to GT magazine. The car with the best blend of sportiness, practicality and value
So some relevant stats include:
0-60, Sportiness, Drivability, Comfort, Lateral Gs, Price, MPGs, Fun*, Practicality**, Safety.
*Fun is a stat I made derived from various in game stats that I will not reveal
**Practicality will be judged based on wheelbase, body shape and subjectivity since I don’t totally trust the in game stat.
Price will be judged relative to other entries. I’ll average the prices and anything over that will deduct points and anything under will gain points.
Also things you might not expect can affect some scores/descriptions, like putting negative quality in steering and assists can be interpreted as the car having vague/uncommunicative steering (this is just an example, that’s not solely what that’s based on). As long as you consider what your choices would do to a real car there shouldn’t be any surprises.
You will very likely have a car compromised in some aspect, and thats perfectly ok and by design.
Submissions
Post an ad in this thread for your car
DM me the .car file
You can provide as much or as little flavour as you like.
Here are some questions you can also provide answers for in your ad or dm that can help me write about your car;
What is your brand’s phylosophy?
Are sporty cars something they make often?
Is there any specific tech they are known for being good at (ie chassis tuning, engines, good sounds. This is just for lore and won’t affect the actually scoring, just the write up)?
Is the brand making any claims about the car? (30% stiffer chassis, brand new platform/engine etc)
How long has this model been around?
Are there previous generations of this model?
Did they also have this trim?
